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Originally Posted by darryl
If we start off with the proposition that lending a friend a physical book is ethical, what is it that makes the lending of a physical Kindle with e-books on it unethical? You could lend your friend 5,000 physical books, or allow your friend to visit your home and read those books there. Of course, this is physically onerous in the one case and inconvenient in the other. Is the proposed distinction that two of you can read the same book at the same time?
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There's certainly that, but the primary reason I consider it unethical is the fact that Kindle books are licensed for your use, not the use of your circle of friends. What can or can't be done with a paper book doesn't really enter into it. Do you regard it as ok to share your ebook library with your friends?